YouTube ban lifted after Prophet row

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Rehman Malik announced that the website would be unblocked within 24 hoursAP

Foreign Staff

Last updated at 12:01AM, December 29 2012

A ban on YouTube imposed by Pakistan’s Government after violent protests over a film that insulted the Prophet Muhammad is to be lifted.

The video-sharing website was blocked in September for allegedly hosting “blasphemous material” after it included footage from the film, Innocence of Muslims. The film triggered a wave of protests across the Middle East and South Asia.

Rehman Malik, the Interior Minister, announced last night on Twitter that the website would be unblocked within 24 hours. He said that the move was in response to “gr8 demand to unblock Utube from all sections of society... Hope u r